The Adaptation and Validation of the Emotion Matching Task for Preschool Children in Spain

Autor/inn/en	Alonso-Alberca, Natalia; Vergara, Ana I.; Fernandez-Berrocal, Pablo; Johnson, Stacy R.; Izard, Carroll E.
Titel	The Adaptation and Validation of the Emotion Matching Task for Preschool Children in Spain
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36 (2012) 6, S.489-494 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025412462154
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Spanish Speaking; Preschool Children; Predictive Validity; Young Children; Early Childhood Education; Nonverbal Communication; Individual Differences; Psychology; Spain; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Behavior Assessment System for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Frühe Kindheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Individueller Unterschied; Psychologie; Spanien
Abstract	The Emotion Matching Task (EMT; Izard, Haskins, Schultz, Trentacosta, & King, 2003) was developed to assess emotion knowledge in preschoolers and was demonstrated to show adequate convergent and predictive validity in an American sample (Morgan, Izard, & King, 2010). In light of the need for valid measures for assessing emotion knowledge in Spanish-speaking children, we adapted the EMT for preschoolers in Spain and conducted a psychometric validation with 110 Spanish children, aged 3 to 6. The EMT Spanish version showed good internal consistency and demonstrated expected concurrent validity with externalizing problems and adaptive abilities. Therefore the current study indicates that the adapted EMT is a valid tool to assess preschool children's emotion knowledge in Spain. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10